LTC vs. CXW, SVC, RLJ, PEB, DRH, INN, DHC, UHT, CLDT, and MPW
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include CoreCivic (CXW), Service Properties Trust (SVC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 45.49% compared to LTC Properties' net margin of 3.56%. CoreCivic's return on equity of 10.25% beat LTC Properties' return on equity.
CoreCivic received 52 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.
CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LTC Properties has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CoreCivic presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.14%. LTC Properties has a consensus price target of $34.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given LTC Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than LTC Properties.
LTC Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CoreCivic. LTC Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CoreCivic had 6 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CoreCivic and 2 mentions for LTC Properties. LTC Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.65 indicating that CoreCivic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CoreCivic beats LTC Properties on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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